As a big fan of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme I decided to pick up a few more tobacco based scents. I went with a high end Creed (Tabarome Millesime) and a low end Cuba Paris (Red). Here are my thoughts:
Cuba Red - Authoritative, heavy scent that surprisingly has some resemblence to Caron's L'Anarchiste. It is difficult to explain the similarity. I guess the best way to visualize it would be to say that what happens to the orange, mint and musk notes in L'anarchiste, happens to the tobacco notes in Red. The notes in both are bent in a surrealistic, artsy manner. An exceptional and long lasting scent that admirers of L'anarchiste should pick up.
Tabarome Millesime - A light scent that smells of ginger and the standard Creed note (recently identified in a thread as whale phlegm). Very little, if any, tobacco in this one. At least not when compared to D&G or Red. Also, this one didn't last long on me. A nice scent but certainly not satisfactory if one is seeking a tobacco centered fragrance.
Bottom Line - The Creed is roughly 10 times more expensive and it is (IMO) the inferior tobacco scent.
Cuba Red - Authoritative, heavy scent that surprisingly has some resemblence to Caron's L'Anarchiste. It is difficult to explain the similarity. I guess the best way to visualize it would be to say that what happens to the orange, mint and musk notes in L'anarchiste, happens to the tobacco notes in Red. The notes in both are bent in a surrealistic, artsy manner. An exceptional and long lasting scent that admirers of L'anarchiste should pick up.
Tabarome Millesime - A light scent that smells of ginger and the standard Creed note (recently identified in a thread as whale phlegm). Very little, if any, tobacco in this one. At least not when compared to D&G or Red. Also, this one didn't last long on me. A nice scent but certainly not satisfactory if one is seeking a tobacco centered fragrance.
Bottom Line - The Creed is roughly 10 times more expensive and it is (IMO) the inferior tobacco scent.
